Description: The following topics were discussed at concurrent sessions: 1. Independence of the actuary, 2. Problems posed by United States pension legislation, 3. Registered equity products, including variable life insurance, variable annuities, and mutual funds, 4. Limits to growth, and 5. Maintenance of high standards in a profession. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1974 Vol. 26, Pt. 2D, No. 76.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, Actuarial Aspects of the Railroad Retirement System by Joseph Musher. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 4.

Description: This discussion looks at Employee Welfare Plans, the implications as to the funding of pensions arising out of union demands, terms of total permanent disability benefits, funding methods used, experience as to rates of disability and mortality among disabled, special administrative problems and contractual benefits. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: This discussion on pensions raises the following questions: For employers with less than 25 employees, what pension arrangements have been found to be efficient from marketing, actuarial, and administrative standpoints? What are the different problems involved in investing for an insurance company and for a private pension fund? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: This discussion looks at likely developments as a result of the series of studies on pension plans released by the Pension Research Council. Additionally discussed is the general experience of variable benefit pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, Pt. 2.

Description: This discussion analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of retirement plans under which the annuity benefits payable to the individual will be variable and will depend on the investment experience of a fund consisting primarily of equity investments. This discussion also looks at the advantages and disadvantages to a recently introduced type of group annuity contract. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1952, Vol. 4, No. 8.

Description: This is a discussion about pensions and the cost of living. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962, Vol. 14 Pt. 2

Description: This paper provides a summary of the Retirement Annuities Act of the Government of Alberta which came into force on July I, 1951. Two main purposes are served by the Act. The means are provided by which any Canadian citizen who has been resident in the Province of Alberta for the past three years may purchase a retirement income on very attractive terms. Further, the funds received under the Act will be loaned to municipalities for local improvements, at lower rates of interest than could be obtained on their own security. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1951, Vol. 3, No. 7.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, Pension Plans - Provisions for Termination of Plan by Dorrance C. Bronson. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955, Vol. 7, No. 19.

Description: This paper examines provisions for the termination of pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955, Vol .7, No. 17.